The authoritative guide to Intel's product strategy, unit shipments, costs, and prices.

by Linley Gwennap
Principal Analyst, The Linley Group

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Figure 1-1. Timeline of key IA-64 events
Figure 2-1. A brief history of Intel microprocessors and the key technologies introduced
Figure 3-1. IA-64 user register set, including x86 register mapping
Figure 3-2. Allowable combinations of IA-64 and x86 applications
Figure 3-3. State transitions between x86 (IA-32) and IA-64 modes
Figure 4-1. Three IA-64 instructions are encoded into a "bundle," along with a "template"
Figure 4-2. An example of predication
Figure 4-3. Using rotating registers
Figure 4-4. IA-64 routines use register frames
Figure 4-5. A speculative load is more flexible than a traditional load
Figure 4-6. Virtual address mapping in IA-64
Figure 4-7. Relative code size for x86, PA-RISC, and IA-64 application
Figure 5-1. Projected block diagram of Itanium
Figure 5-2. Itanium's dual floating-point units
Figure 5-3. Itanium's 10-stage pipeline
Figure 5-4. Intel's x86 compatibility plan shows IA-64 and x86 instructions in the same cache
Figure 5-5. Block diagram of Itanium processor module
Figure 5-6. Intel's die plot of Itanium, showing the IA-32 and IA-64 units
Figure 5-7. The Itanium module plugs into the motherboard horizontally
Figure 5-8. Projected application performance profile for Itanium
Figure 6-1. Roadmap of Itanium, McKinley, and other IA-64 processors
Figure 7-1. Alpha processor roadmap showing EV6 (21264), EV7 (21364), and EV8 (21464)
Figure 7-2. Sun processor roadmap showing UltraSparc-3 through UltraSparc-5
Figure 7-3. Estimated SPEC95 performance of leading processors in 2H00
Figure 7-4. Estimated memory bandwidth of leading processors in 2H00
Figure 7-5. Estimated SPEC95 performance of leading processors available in 2H01
Figure 7-6. Estimated memory bandwidth of leading processors available in 2H01
Figure 7-7. McKinley will open a performance gap over Alpha
Figure 8-1. IA-64 processor price projections, 2000-2005
Figure 8-2. Projected transition from IA-32 (x86) to IA-64 processors
Figure 9-1. Server shipments by operating system; 1999
Figure 9-2. Projected transition to IA-64 in the workstation/server market